Interview by Shannon Webb-Campbell Jane Byers is a poet that conjures mind, heart, and embodiment. Her stunning debut collection of poetry, Steeling Effects (Caitlin Press, 2014), is deeply queer, beautiful and expansive. Byers lives with her wife and two children in Nelson, British Columbia, where...
West Coast … Rachel Rose has won awards for her poetry, her fiction, and her non-fiction, including a recent Pushcart Prize. She has published poems, short stories and essays in Canada, the US, New Zealand and Japan. Her most recent book, Song and Spectacle won the 2013 Audre Lorde Poetry...
Picture it: 1990. Vancouver. The Gay Games. Shawn Syms takes us on young Erik’s quest to interview Vladimir, a famous AIDS activist. But Erik is hoping for more: “He wasn’t afraid to fuck a person with AIDS.” With characteristic gritty humour and refreshing candour, Shawn...
“Even now, after years of wanting this, I am too shy to look for more than a fleeting moment.” Who can’t remember a ride home you wished would never end? The utterly transformative moment of that first kiss? Caitlin Crawshaw is a freelance journalist and MFA (creative writing)...
With tenderness and straightforward honesty, Lukas Bhandar shares a life-altering moment, not to mention a moving tribute to writer, filmmaker and musician Vivek Shraya. I Love My Hair, I Hate My Hair takes on the inherent racism of gay beauty standards from the perspective of a boy just coming of...
By Dorothy June Fraser Bitter Lamentations from Adam Wojtowicz on Vimeo. Adam Wojtowicz is a Vancouver-based artist who works in a variety of media. Over the past decade, he has been involved in the Vancouver film scene, as well as the larger Canadian entertainment industry. In his creative...
